good causes

Great Wolf Lodge Waterslide-athon

Raising money while having a blast isn’t always an easy thing to do, but Great Wolf Lodge has come up with an amazing way to help raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters and host a super fun event at all their US & Canadain locations. More info from Great Wolf: On Saturday, June 11, [...]

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Help Save the Children in Japan: Post with a Purpose

Earthquake. Tsunami. Nuclear Disaster. They are all words that strike fear and awe into us. Awe of their destruction. The effect it would have on our loved ones and us. The effect it would have on the world. While many of us go about our daily lives, the people of Japan are facing these very [...]

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Geeks Unite: Raising Money for Robots

I have 7 days to raise $2,500 to help send 6 robotics teams to the VEX World Championships in Orlando, FL April 14-16th. I’m going to desperately plead for your help in a minute, but first I want to tell you why I’m asking for your hard earned dollars. 2 years ago my husband and [...]

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Toys for Tots & Holiday Extravaganza

Last Thursday was an amazing night. Chester County Moms put together an amazing Holiday event to benefit Toys for Tots for the 2nd year in a row. The event admission was new, unwrapped toys for needy kids, and I’m amazed that we ended up with a total of well over 1300 toys donated to local [...]

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Vote!

It’s Election Day in the US, so make sure to take the time to go vote today! photo credit: Paul Garland I have been getting robocalls for weeks, and yesterday we received at least a dozen calls. I did a little googling (I have a PhD in google. ) and found that robocalls do work [...]

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CarWoo raises money for Breast Cancer

While October, aka breast cancer awareness month, may be over, CarWoo isn’t stopping raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research. They created a campaign to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen foundation during the World Series. Tommy and Erik, co-founders of CarWoo, bought a ’78 Camaro and painted a bright pink stripe down [...]

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31 Days of Pink: Raising awareness for Breast Cancer

photo credit: audreyjm529 Many of us have loved ones, friends, and acquaintances whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. This month is October, and it’s breast cancer awareness month. Even though I can’t donate a huge amount of money to help, I am able to raise awareness through social media, and my everyday life. [...]

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Go, shop, and end childhood hunger!

I’m thrilled that my one of a kind, specially designed necklace and earrings to benefit Feeding America is live this morning! Starting today and through June 28th, you can purchase this gorgeous set of jewelry to help benefit Feeding America. For every necklace and earrings set purchased nearly 40 meals will be given to hungry [...]

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Shopping for a Cause: Feeding America necklace and earrings

I’m thrilled to announce I’m a part of Open Sky Charity Fusion. 5 bloggers are working with Open Sky and jewelry artist Neida of Hip Fusions Designs to create one of a kind jewelry to benefit their favorite charities. After working with the Childhood Hunger Ends Here campaign, I have become passionate about helping feed [...]

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Rally to end Hunger raised nearly 2500 meals!

I’m thrilled to announce that Dine out for Hunger raised over $350! Every $1=7 meals, so we raised almost 2,500 meals to feed hungry Philadelphia area families! We could not have done that without the support of the amazing community. Thanks so much to everyone who came out (in the rain) to dine out with [...]